I think it's a virtual certainty that the low turnout this time around will be used by opponents to say this was a misbegotten project that never should have happened in the first place.

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This agreement with Johnson & Johnson provides significant financial value and certainty for shareholders. Together with Johnson & Johnson, we will have the resources to continue to build upon the existing Guidant businesses in our pursuit of meaningful innovations to address cardiovascular disease.

The process that was devised for casting a ballot was simply too cumbersome, too time-consuming, and involved dealing with too many government agencies to make it a usable process.

I think it's going to vary from player to player. You'll get a quiet guy who speaks low, and then another guy who, depending on how the meeting goes, might get outrageous. It should be a fun meeting.

There was something about that public turnout that I think made it easier for everybody,